State Renaissance for Peace

Emmanuel De Groof works in diplomacy for the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is an Associate to the Political Settlements Research Programme (University of Edinburgh); a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Maastricht; a Visiting Professor at the University of Kigali; and a scholar in the fields of international law, diplomacy, mediation, and development cooperation. Formerly a Fulbright-Schuman scholar at NYU School of Law, Emmanuel has won various awards including at the Charles Rousseau and Manfred Lachs competitions. He has worked at the European Centre for Development Policy Management ('Pelican House'), the European University Institute, the Brussels Bar, and as a Law Clerk for Albie Sachs at the South African Constitutional Court.

Introduction. Transitional governance today; Part I. The Unchartered Territory of Transitional Governance: 1. The rise and internationalisation of transitional governance; 2. Limitations of existing literature; Conclusion of Part I; Part II. Foundation and Actors of Transitional Governance: Sources of Ius In Interregno: 3. The foundation of transitional governance; 4. The actors of the interregnum; 5. The sources of ius in interregno; Conclusion of Part II; Part III. Self-Determination through Transitional Governance: 6. Limits ratione temporis and materiae to transitional governance; 7. The practice and discourse of inclusion; Conclusion of Part III; Part IV. Moderating External Influence on Transitional Governance: 8. Limits to involvement with consensual transitional governance; 9. The inducement of oppositional transitional governance; 10. Indirect regime change: a response to ius cogens violations?; Conclusion of Part IV; General conclusion; Index.